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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1914
Page
2
Three sailings were noted Thursday as the Norwegian fruit steamer under charter to Hubbard Murray Steamship Co. sailed from Puerto Cortez, Hon. The Norwegian steamer Belvernon of United Fruit Co. also departed on the same route.
The report lists ships tied to Mobile stations including the American schooner Coniscliff bound for Puerto Padre Cuba with lumber, the Fannie E Prescott moved to Mobile and Ohio pier 1, and the M A Achorn entering Customs from Caibarien Cuba in ballast. The Bisso towboat Independent received repairs at Ollinger Bruce dry docks, the Crathens shifted piers, and the American river packet moved to Thirty-one Mile Bluff amid shallow waters. The Myrtle was recovered near Tensaw bridge and a single vessel entered the customs office by 2 pm Friday.
A Mobile resident J H Hutchinson testifies kidney disease caused backache and that Doan’s Kidney Pills from J T Roe’s Drug Store relieved symptoms. He reports no further kidney complaints since. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange will reopen for unrestricted trading Monday November 16 following a meeting of the board. The move follows New York exchanges planning to reopen and reflects wartime disruption impacting vessels, exchange markets, and foreign exchange. Prices in New Orleans slid to 10.65 for January cotton on July 31 with large losses, while local spot middling dropped to 8.5 cents.
London rumors say German cruiser Karlsruhe cornered as Allied pressure tightens. Dunkirk dispatch says French torpedo boat sank a German submarine off Westende Belgium after a clash that left oil on the surface. Berlin bulletin reports Russian cavalry again moving south from near Kola despite prior heavy losses.
Classic drug advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims quick relief from constipation and feverish symptoms, warns against counterfeit products, and urges buyers to insist on the 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
Telegraph reports from London citing Times correspondents say German casualties at the Yser front reached 90 000 with a regiment of 1800 men reduced to eighty and five generals killed. The message notes unrest among German officers and claims a Belgian front action near Thieldt and Silesia concerns.
British hold Ypres fortress while German forces push a wedge on the Yser left bank and threaten Dixmude. Allied flanks at Calais and Dunkirk are cited as factors behind the ongoing coast battle and steadfast resistance. A renewed Aisne siege-like clash shows little line change, with slight Allied gains. General Dewet suffers a sharp defeat at the hands of a former ally, General.
J B Wilson of Kaiserhof Hotel is held on bond as a witness in the Hakemann Haley attempted murder and death by own action case. A recorder court continuance was requested until November 23. Police plan to show Wilson was with Hakemann near the Haley home on Monroe street. Dr Joseph Schwarz reports Mrs Lem Haley improving. Hakemann also improving but still in danger.
Police hunt S. A. Clayton of Camden New Jersey believed to pose as W E P Wilson Co. He arrived November 7 at Bienville Hotel Mobile and ordered four dozen Mazda lamps from Mobile Electrical Supply, then hurried to another firm claiming a Mr Wilson was in a rush.
Saturday matinee and evening shows present John Cort’s revival of George W. Hobart’s The Ham Tree with McIntyre and Heath. The show features vivacious music by Jean Schwartz, a large young chorus, and no serious plot. Dreamland Night features May Lawson company with a big chorus girls contest judged by the audience.
A Norwegian steamer named Mercator ran aground near Galveston Texas on Monday afternoon during a northwester. The vessel, en route to Puerto Cortez, was accompanied by the Mallory freighter Chippewa in the same mishap reported to Hubbard Zemurray Steamship Company in Mobile.
Spot cotton prices across Savannah Norfolk Dallas and St Louis are listed. The text also notes a man connected to the Schenker Allidor and D'Olive Electric firms with a bakery sale tie, and police report a detailed description while detectives pursue him.
The forecast calls for rain tonight across Alabama with rain Saturday as well. In Mississippi expect rain tonight, then probably fair and colder Saturday.
Indigestion woes praised by Mrs. Blanche Bowers of Indiana for relief after trying many remedies. She credits Chamberlain’s tablets with improving digestion and enabling her to eat normally again.
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